Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-12-30
A. TO ORGANIZATION.

Tux keaulng RAILROAD company seems
Inclined to carry things with high haud
.irr, the failure of the strike. President
arSuv CORRIN has written and promul-
y,t,dan ultimatum to his employees, in
,,b,.h ne emphatically refuses to recognize
the Knights Of Labor. His superiutend-
,nt Mr.. SwEGARD, in Philadelphia, like
wise refused to hold any communication
with. or recognize a committee from the
K OF L.
A. far ~ the merits of this strike are
c,pcerued the men were in the wrong, un-
doubtedly Bat they have been beaten now,
thoroughly beaten, and the company can
afford TO b. at least fair, if not generous
All the right is not on the com.
panv's side. It appealed to the In
tsr-State Commerce law in this strike,
nnder which law they were not allowed to
discriminate Us to whom they should de-
I.,sr goods. The law required them to de-
liver goods TO firms that employed non.
uuIln labor "a well a. to firms that
smnloved union labor. Most certainly
they were right and the law WAS on their
side But imagine the Reading coal COM
huatInu taking refuge under the Inter
State Commerce law. Would they, under
that law, haul coal for any other company
At the same rates they grant the Read
i,sral company? This law abiding spirit
that has come over the Reading coal COM
h,natiou Is remarkably sudden and takes
sWav ones breath.
Anln, rs TO the organization of the COM
p,ay's employees, President CoRBIN has
..p.,pr objected" -" But he refuses to rec
osui,e the organization to which he ''neyer
objected" and the organization might as
we'll not exist as tar az the company is con-
,srued. II President CoRBIN was never a
party TO an Organization his refusal to rec
o,niLe OF even treat with decent considera-
uon the organization of his employees
could be excused. But look at
the great and powerful organization
fwhich he is one of the heads-an organi'
gatiou that forces up the price Of coal by
withholding il from the market till the
poar are forced to pay double value for
their fuel; an organization that has grip
o., ron on the peoples thrOats through
the high protective tariff, which it Is
orgauized to keep up; reorganization COM
plsyI to which the Knights of Labor Is
nothing. Yet President CORBIN refuses "a
recognize organization amongst his EN-
poy,s
Ia this Democratic country all citizens
are eanal and have equal rights, which
should be respected. The employees oi
President CoRRIN have just as much right
to organize for mutual protection as Dir,
CoRBIS and the Pennsylvania coal barons
have TO organize to keep up the price Of
coal Mr.. CORBIN refuses to recognize
biz mems organization; suppose some day
the people should refuse to reeog
ME Mr.. CORBIN'S anaconda Goa
combination. True, the men are moi
protected by law and high
tldu d, are the coal barOns, but they have
Inst as much moral right TO recognition
Mr.. tJRRIN and his company will defeat
themselves by their high-handed and
lorIly proceAi iings They could, and prop
eriv. nave refused to he dictated to by the
labor organization, bat they conld have
treated that organization with decent con
s.deration and listened to its side OF tho
story or TO any proposition it might have
hld 10 make, whether it were aeeeded 10 ol
rot. The company by such fairness would
have lost nothing and gained much IN th'
COOL will of its employees and the public
President CoRBIN has his men down now
he should he Il magnanimOUs victor anC
help them 10 rise instead of kicking them
THERE is q growing feeling in Hawai
in favor of annexation to the United
States The legislature and the King are
at war and the presence of English ano
American men-of- war in the harbor IS al
that prevents subYersion of the govern
men and the dethTNnement OF fkALAKANA
TIE Recorder of Kansas City has de-
clared the Sunday closing laws unconsti
tutonal, and there is q proportionat'
amount of iubi!ation among Kansas CitJ
salOon-keepers.
NJ WILSON is said not to be legally IN
yoly5d in the new French decoration scan
d,l NJ. Wus.N seems to be sadly
Sbused and much misrepresented man.
THERE seems to he some doubt that the
new scale of the Amalgamsted AsSocia
ton will be accepted by the manuiac
turers.
Ar PrrTsBURG there are 2o,UO,OV'
bushels of coal awaiting shipment, A Goa
rise will probably not occur till February
T#G annual report of the Bureau oi
Iaboy, published in another column con
tlins some Interesting statistics
Hon. J. DEMPSEY says he will 90 owe